Assistant Professor of Psychology

---

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2007

 

 

Dr. Chalk is a Counseling Psychologist whose research interests focus on various issues within clinical and counseling psychology. Much of her research focuses broadly on adjustment.  Specifically, Dr. Chalk researches how students cope with the transition to college, as well as studying how patients and caregivers adjust to living with a chronic illness.  Dr. Chalk is also interested in research exploring the counseling process, therapeutic relationship, and outcomes of clinical and counseling services.

Contact Dr. Chalk if you would like information about the courses she teaches or her research.

---

Courses

• Psychology of Abnormality
• Helping Relationships
• Health Psychology

Dr. Chalk teaches a variety of courses in the areas of clinical and counseling psychology. Psychology of Abnormality addresses psychological disorders in adults, exploring how these disorders develop and how they are treated. Helping Relationships focuses on therapeutic relationships, broadly defined. This course helps students develop communication and relationship building skills, as well as encouraging students to apply counseling theories to helping situations.  Health Psychology explores biological, psychological, and social influences on health behavior. This course addresses behavioral components of health behavior, as well as social implications of the health care system. 

Publications

• Chalk, H. M. (2007). Mind over matter: Cognitive-behavioral determinants of emotional distress in multiple sclerosis patients. Psychology, Health, & Medicine, 12, 556-566.
• Dagenbach, D., Carr, T.H., Menzer, D., Chalk, H.M., Duquette, P.J., Rupard, M., & Hurley, R.S.E. (2007).  Adventures in inhibition: Plausibly, but not certifiably, inhibitory processes.  In C.M. MacLeod and D.S. Gorfein (Eds.) The Place of Inhibition in Cognition.  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• McCartney, H., Johnson, A.D., Weil, Z.M., & Givens, B. (2004).  Theta reset produces optimal conditions for long-term potentiation.  Hippocampus, 14, 684-687.